The past week has been an action packed time as we have been in the backcountry, to the coast, and in places in between. We have been learning more about sharing our faith in Christ and being "real" with people we meet.
One lovely day we went to Wharariki Beach and brought with us Chris & Liz Salt, Ruth (TEA-02/2009), Daniel (TEA-01/2009), Kathleen and her son Matt. Kathleen has been working on the new OMNZ website.
The beach was beautiful with some impressing arches and caves. Our unsuccessful search for fossils led us to a small cave. Daniel and Phil entered a cave to explore and were suddenly startled by a loud growl. At the same time, in a separate cave, Nathan & Audra were also exploring and came across an unexpected occupant of the cave... we heard a loud and scary scream: "Seal!" the guys ran out of the cave chased by a big, angry - ready to attack - seal! Alarmed by the scream the whole group started running, too funny! We were impressed by how fast a seal can run, and even more impressed by how fast we could run from it.
The beach was beautiful with some impressing arches and caves. Our unsuccessful search for fossils led us to a small cave. Daniel and Phil entered a cave to explore and were suddenly startled by a loud growl. At the same time, in a separate cave, Nathan & Audra were also exploring and came across an unexpected occupant of the cave... we heard a loud and scary scream: "Seal!" the guys ran out of the cave chased by a big, angry - ready to attack - seal! Alarmed by the scream the whole group started running, too funny! We were impressed by how fast a seal can run, and even more impressed by how fast we could run from it.
Yeah! We outran the seal!!!
On Sunday we attended church in Motueka and went to the outdoor Sunday Market.
From Monday to Thursday we tramped through icy, rainy and snowy Nelson Lakes National Park. Phil was excited because he saw his first live NZ possum in the bush. In our wood-fired cosy huts we prepared mediterranian food in the evenings, that reminded us of the sun we didn't see for four days. We made some new friends in Lakehead Hut and that evening lost track of time and ended up talking late into the night. We hope to run into them again during our travels around the country.
Hiking through snow & freezing rain! Brrr!
Morning devotions in Lakehead Hut
Everyone warm & cozy in John Tait HutAt the end of our hike through freezing & beautiful landscapes we were glad to meet Audra and Nathan again when we returned to Riwaka. They had stayed behind to recover and had the benefit of a hot shower and dry clothes. With the whole team back together we spent the evening telling stories of our adventures. By the way... if you want to have fun and do some team building at the same time - drawing rocking grandmas works best (a game we played as a TEAm). ;-)
Next week we are heading down the west coast towards Queenstown with Daniel (Heavy D - former TEA participant on TEA-01/2009), who will be leading us for the week.
Please pray for:
~ Good conversations and discussions about God with people we meet.
~ Protection on the road as we travel South.
~ Good health for the TEAm - a few of us are not feeling well.
~ For us to grow in our relationship with the Lord as we travel & study together.
Thank you for your prayers!
TEA-03/2009 (Thomas, Karolin, Nathan, Audra, Sara, Phil, Beate)
Please pray for:
~ Good conversations and discussions about God with people we meet.
~ Protection on the road as we travel South.
~ Good health for the TEAm - a few of us are not feeling well.
~ For us to grow in our relationship with the Lord as we travel & study together.
Thank you for your prayers!
TEA-03/2009 (Thomas, Karolin, Nathan, Audra, Sara, Phil, Beate)
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